On 2007-04-26 19:12 +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:33:35 +0400 > Anthony Sharobaiko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I have etch installed from DVDs, so /etc/apt/sources.list > > contains only 'deb cdrom://...' entries. > > emdebian-tools cannot operate without access to the internet - I hope > you aren't expecting to use emdebian-tools without access to a Debian > Primary Mirror? apt supports cdrom only, apt-cross does not.
I don't see why (in principle) all the necessary packages cannot be on a CD, rather than over the net. emdebian-tools shouldn't care. I suppose that currently we are using wget to actually get packages, rather than using apt itself, otherwise we could support CD archives 'for free'. I agree it's not a very useful scenario in practice, but if anthony produces patches that will actually make it work then I don't see why we shouldn't accept them. > The reason is that even with a multi-arch DVD, arm (e.g.) packages are > not available on a non-arm system without internet access to a primary > mirror - there simply isn't room. They would be available if you had the arm CDs. > I don't see why this setup has been > created - it is certainly artificial. Why was this test performed - > what was the background? One reason might just be that someone installed emdebian-tools on a recently-installed-from CD system (this could be lenny or sid - it doesn't have to be stable). Adding a default primnary mirror or whinging that they should do it themselves is clearly better than failing. > The solution is to upgrade to testing or unstable which will, in > turn, require an addition to /etc/apt/sources.list to add a suitable > mirror. It doesn't have to. Wookey -- Principal hats: Balloonz - Toby Churchill - Aleph One - Debian http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
